COOPER’S APPEAL.
APPLICATION 1? EFUSED. (Ry Telegraph.—Special to (luaudian). WELLINPTON. May 30. I„ a written judgment the Appeal Court re an application on behalf of Cooper for leave to appeal against Ins conviction for murder, the Chief Justice said the mam ground for the application was the evidence admitted with respect to the finding of the other bodies than the one he was charged with murdering, and that this evidence was not ndmissnble until a prima facie cso of murder was made out. He was o't the opinion that sufficient evidence bail been adduced to warrant the Court in admitting this evidence. He wont over the points connecting Cooper with the murder of McLeod’s child and considered the case was indistinguishable from the Makin v. Attorney-General case of N.S.W.. and the Regina v Poaii case. The Court was hound I>> the decision of these cases. justices Husking and Salmoml concurred, and leave to appeal was therefore refused.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1923, Page 3
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157COOPER’S APPEAL. Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1923, Page 3
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